**SCENE 1: SHELDON AND AMY'S APARTMENT***(The camera opens on Sheldon and Amy's apartment. There are open boxes with the Nobel Prize logo on them, and the living room is cluttered with books and scattered objects.)
**Amy:** (excitedly) Sheldon, we should be over the moon! We won the Nobel Prize! You should be happy, not worried.
**Sheldon:** (anxiously) Oh, I am happy, Amy. It's just that... (pauses) what do I do now? I won the Nobel! The highest scientific achievement a human can receive! I've reached the peak! What comes after the peak?
**Amy:** (laughing) After the peak, there's only the downhill, Sheldon. But we can make it an enjoyable one. Think of all the new projects we could work on together!
**Sheldon:** (agitated) New projects? What kind of projects? I can't do something "less" important after a Nobel! That would be like Isaac Newton, after gravity, deciding to work on... (dramatic pause) sudoku!
**Amy:** (shaking her head, reassuringly) Sheldon, you don't need to worry about outdoing yourself. We can do research for the joy of it, not for another award. Maybe you could teach more...
**Sheldon:** (interrupting) Teach?! To mediocre students who can't even tell the difference between a particle and a string? No, Amy. I need to find something new. Something no one has ever done before! (He stands up, pacing nervously around the room.) I could invent a new branch of physics... Quantum physics applied to human relationships!
**Amy:** (smiling sarcastically) Right, because you're so successful in that field...
*(Sheldon looks offended and sits back down, deep in thought.)*
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**SCENE 2: LEONARD AND PENNY'S APARTMENT**
*(Penny is sitting on the couch, flipping through a pregnancy magazine, while Leonard nervously paces back and forth in the room.)*
**Leonard:** I can't believe we're going to be parents! Are we ready? I mean, I know how babies are made, biologically speaking, but being a father... that's a whole different thing! I should read more books, Penny. We need to be prepared!
**Penny:** (rolling her eyes) Leonard, stop freaking out. It's not that complicated. Babies have survived for millennia without their parents needing to read an entire encyclopedia.
**Leonard:** (anxious) Yeah, but parents millennia ago didn't have the responsibility of raising a potential future scientist! What if our kid wants to be an astronaut? Or a theoretical physicist? Or worse... an engineer!
**Penny:** (sarcastically) Oh yes, the horror! An engineer!
**Leonard:** (sighing) I know, I know. I'm overreacting. But what if I'm not a good dad?
**Penny:** (smiling affectionately) Leonard, you're going to be a great dad. And stop worrying. We still have months before the baby comes. (pauses) And speaking of news, I got offered a promotion at work today.
**Leonard:** (surprised) What?! A promotion? That's amazing! But... wait... with the baby on the way, how are you going to manage everything?
**Penny:** (shrugging) I don't know. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. But it's not like I have to give up everything just because I'm pregnant, right?
**Leonard:** (concerned) Sure, but it could be complicated...
**Penny:** (smiling, confidently) We'll figure it out. We're a team, right?
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**SCENE 3: COMIC BOOK STORE**
*(Raj and Howard are flipping through comics as they talk animatedly.)*
**Raj:** (dreamily) You know, I met a new colleague at the planetarium. She's an astrophysicist and... oh, Howard, she's brilliant! Not only is she beautiful, but we talked for hours about astrobiology and the possibility of alien life. It was... magical.
**Howard:** (teasing) Magical? Really, Raj? Let's just hope this one isn't an alien. Remember the last time you thought you'd found "the perfect woman"?
**Raj:** (laughing) No, this one's different! She's real, Howard. I've finally found someone who gets me and doesn't look at me weird when I talk about exoplanets.
**Howard:** (snickering) Well, that's a step up! But be careful. I don't want to see you heartbroken again. And Bernadette would kill me if I had to console you for months.
*(Raj smiles, clearly excited about this new relationship. Howard, however, seems more cautious and suspicious.)*
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**SCENE 4: BERNADETTE'S LAB**
*(Bernadette is in the lab, trying to solve a technical issue. Her phone rings. It's Howard.)*
**Howard:** (on the phone) Hey, I'm thinking of picking up the kids from daycare. Want me to take them to the park for a bit?
**Bernadette:** (smiling) Sure, thanks. That'll give me some time to finish this experiment. How's your day off going?
**Howard:** (laughing) Oh, the usual. Raj is in love with another brilliant astrophysicist, and Leonard's panicking about the baby. So... a normal day.
**Bernadette:** (sarcastically) Ah, Leonard. Always so predictable. I bet he's already bought a dozen books on how to be a dad.
**Howard:** (joking) Fifteen, to be exact.
**Bernadette:** (laughing) Well, I'm sure everything will work out fine. I'm almost done here. I'll be home soon.
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**FINAL SCENE: SHELDON AND AMY'S APARTMENT**
*(Sheldon is sitting with a whiteboard full of equations behind him, while Amy watches from the couch. He seems to have found some peace.)*
**Amy:** (curious) Sheldon, what are you doing?
**Sheldon:** (calmly) I've decided, Amy. I've accepted the idea that maybe, for once, I don't have to have all the answers. Maybe teaching could be my next challenge. I want to help others reach their full potential.
**Amy:** (smiling) That's a wonderful idea, Sheldon.
*(Sheldon nods, looking more relaxed. The camera pulls back, showing the living room where the two sit, at peace with their new perspectives.)*
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**END OF EPISODE**
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